{{Use Hiberno-English|date=February 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Greater Dublin Area | other_name = | settlement_type = Metropolitan area | image_skyline = Dublin City Boundaries 2020.png | imagesize = | image_caption = Map of Dublin and its hinterland, showing: Dublin city (red), city and suburbs (orange), Dublin Metropolitan Area (Yellow), Greater Dublin Area (NTA) (Green) | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_size = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Ireland | subdivision_type1 = | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = | established_date = | established_title2 = | established_date2 = | established_title3 = | established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 6,986 | area_land_km2 = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Population -----------------------> | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> | population_total = 2,159,000 | population_as_of = 2024 estimate | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = | population_blank1 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = | population_blank2_title = | population_blank2 = | population_note = | demographics_type2 = GDP | demographics2_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/met_10r_3gdp/default/table?lang=en|title=Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by metropolitan regions|publisher=[[Eurostat]]|access-date=}}</ref> | demographics2_title1 = Metro | demographics2_info1 = €230.366 billion (2021) | postal_code_type = [[Eircode]] (post code zones) | postal_code = D01–D17, D02–D24, A41, A45, A63, A67, A82–A86, A91, A92, A96, A98, C15, K32, K36, K45, K56, K67, K78, R56, W91, Y14, Y21 | area_codes = 01, 041, 042, 045, 046, 0402, 0404 | unemployment_rate = | website = | footnotes = | image_map = Greater Dublin Area.png | mapsize = 210px | map_caption = Maximal definition: 1. [[Dublin|Dublin city]], 2. [[Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown]], 3. [[South Dublin]], 4. [[Fingal]], 5. [[County Meath|Meath]], 6. [[County Kildare|Kildare]] 7. [[County Wicklow|Wicklow]] | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | area_Census_km2 = | area_Metro_km2 = | timezone = [[UTC]] | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = +1:00 | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = }} The '''Greater Dublin Area''' ('''GDA'''; [[Irish language|Irish]]: ''Mórcheantar Bhaile Átha Cliath''), or '''Greater Dublin''', is an informal term that is taken to include the city of [[Dublin]] and its hinterland, with varying definitions as to its extent. At the expansive end, it has been defined as including all of [[County Dublin]] and three neighbouring counties, while more commonly it is taken as the contiguous metropolitan area of Dublin plus suburban and commuter towns. The area is defined for strategic planning, and, for example, transport, and it is not a formal administrative or political unit.
The area has a broadly similar outline to the medieval [[The Pale (Ireland)|Pale]] area which was under English control.<ref>{{cite web |title=Edward Rutherfurd {{!}}{{!}} {{!}}{{!}} Official Site |url=https://edwardrutherfurd.com/reference/pale |website=edwardrutherfurd.com |access-date=2 April 2026}}</ref>
==Definitions== ===Planning usage=== The 2003 Regional Planning Guidelines referred to the Greater Dublin Area as a planning district separated into a "metropolitan area" and a "hinterland area".<ref name="rpg2003">{{cite web | url = http://www.rpg.ie/December2003/Reg%20Rep.Final%20December.pdf | publisher = Dublin and Mid-East Regional Authorities | work = Regional Planning Guidelines | title = Draft Regional Report – Greater Dublin Area | date = December 2003 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040105222158/http://www.rpg.ie/December2003/Reg%20Rep.Final%20December.pdf | archive-date = 5 January 2004 | page = 5 | access-date = 19 January 2018 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
The "metropolitan area" included both [[suburb]]s and [[commuter town]]s, covering the area from [[Swords, County Dublin|Swords]] and [[Malahide]] in [[Fingal]], to [[Greystones]] in County Wicklow in the south, and as far west as [[Kilcock]] in County Kildare. This area differs from the Garda "metropolitan region" scope, in that it stretches approximately 20 km further west.
The Dublin Metropolitan Area is now defined as:<ref>{{cite web |title=DUBLIN Strategic Planning Area (SPA) Socio-Economic Evidence Baseline Report |url=https://emra.ie/dubh/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DublinSPA_SocioEconomicBaseline_AIRO_151217.pdf |website=[[Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly]] |access-date=14 March 2022 |pages=121–124 |date=November 2017}}</ref> {| class=wikitable |- !Local government area !Area within DMA |- |[[Dublin|Dublin city]] |Whole territory |- |[[Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown]] |County, except for parts of the [[electoral division (Ireland)|electoral division]]s of Tibradden and Glencullen comprising the townlands of Stackstown, Ticknock, Kilmashogue, Tibradden, Ballybrack, Glendoo, Boranaraltry, Glencullen Mountain and Brockery. |- |[[South Dublin]] |County, except for parts of Rathcoole, Saggart, Ballinacorny and Bohernabreen comprising the townlands of Aghfarrell, Allagour, Ballinascorney (Lower and Upper), Ballymaice, Ballymorefi nn, Belgard Deer Park, Brittas (Big and Little), Calliaghstown Upper, Castlekelly, Corrageen, Cunard, Friarstown Lower, Glassamucky, Glassamucky Brakes, Glassamucky Mountain, Glassavullaun, Glenaraneen, Glendoo, Gortlum, Killakee, Lugg, Mountpelier, Mountseskin, Piperstown, Raheen, Slademore, Slievethoul and parts of the townlands of Crockaunadreenagh*, Crooksling*, Cruagh*, Ballymana, Calliaghstown Lower, Coolmine, Corbally, Jamestown (ED Whitechurch), Killinardan, Kiltalown, Lugmore*, Kiltipper, Newtown Upper, Orlagh, Redgap, Saggart, Slade, Tibradden and Woodtown. <nowiki>*</nowiki> These townlands are more than 50% in the hinterland area. |- |[[Fingal]] |Electoral divisions including Airport, Baldoyle, Balgriffin, Blanchardstown (Abbotstown, Blakestown, Coolmine, Corduff, Delwood, Mulhuddart, Roselawn, Tyrrelstown), Castleknock (Knockmaroon, Park), Donabate, Dubber, Howth, Kilsallaghan, Kinsaley, Lucan North, Malahide (East and West), Portmarnock (North and South), Sutton, Swords (Forrest, Glasmore, Lissenhall, Seatown, Village), The Ward, Turnapin. |- |[[County Kildare]] |Electoral divisions of Celbridge, Donaghcumper, Kilcock, Leixlip, Maynooth, Straffan. |- |[[County Meath]] |Electoral divisions of Dunboyne and Rodanstown. |- |[[County Wicklow]] |Electoral divisions of Bray No.1, Bray No. 2, Bray No. 3, Rathmichael, Delgany, Greystones and the following townlands in the Kilmacanogue electoral division: Corrigoona Commons West, Corrigoona Commons East, Glencormick North, Glencormick South, Kilcroney, Wingfield, Hollybrook, Kilmacanogue North, Kilmacanogue South, and Barchuillia Commons. |}
The Dublin "Hinterland" area is aligned with the Draft National Planning Framework, which defines city regions or urban hinterlands as those EDs where at least 15% of the workforce (Full POWCAR) are employed in the Dublin Metropolitan Area (NTA boundary).
===Dublin Transport Authority=== At the broader end of definitions, the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 defines the Greater Dublin Area as including the counties of [[County Dublin|Dublin]] ([[Dublin|Dublin City]], [[South Dublin]], [[Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown]] and [[Fingal]]), [[County Meath|Meath]], [[County Kildare|Kildare]], and [[County Wicklow|Wicklow]]; as of 2022, its estimated population is 2,073,459.<ref name="DTAA08">{{cite Irish legislation |year=2008 |date=16 July 2008 |type=act |number=15 |name=Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 |section=3 |stitle=Greater Dublin Area }}</ref>
====Former boundaries==== The urban part of Dublin and surrounding areas has been defined by various statutory instruments, mainly those referring to the [[Garda Síochána]] and [[Courts of the Republic of Ireland]]. The city, three other counties within the traditional County Dublin, and three neighbouring counties, were grouped together in the order creating the [[National Transport Authority (Ireland)|Dublin Transportation Office]], giving functions and representations to the office in this area, although not using the term.<ref>{{Cite Irish legislation|name=The Dublin Transportation Office (Establishment) Order 1995|year=1995|type=si|number=289|date=7 November 1995|access-date=14 March 2022}}</ref> The office was purely advisory and had no executive powers. The term was later defined in section 3 of the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008.<ref name="DTAA08" /> On 1 December 2009 the DTO became the National Transport Authority, with a remit expanding beyond the Greater Dublin Area.<ref>{{cite Irish legislation |year=2009 |date=27 November 2009 |type=act |number=27 |name=Public Transport Regulation Act 2009 }}</ref>
===Garda usage=== The Garda used the term the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) which was formerly the jurisdiction, within the eastern part of [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], of the [[Dublin Metropolitan Police]], which was subsequently merged into the [[Garda Síochána]], the national police force of Ireland. The term originated from the Police Forces Amalgamation Act 1925, which amalgamated the Dublin Metropolitan Police and Garda Síochána as one national police force.<ref>{{cite Irish legislation |year=1925 |date=2 April 1925 |type=act |number=7 |name=Police Forces Amalgamation Act 1925 |section=3 |stitle=Dublin Metropolitan Area }}</ref>
This jurisdiction covered parts of the old [[County Dublin]] (except the northern part around [[Swords, County Dublin|Swords]]) as well as the [[County Kildare]] town of [[Leixlip]] and the [[County Wicklow]] towns of [[Bray, County Wicklow|Bray]], [[Greystones]] and [[Enniskerry]]. Swords was covered by the Meath Garda Division. In this way, it differed from the usual definition of County Dublin and did not even conform to the looser definition of the Greater Dublin Area.
The definition no longer applies, as during 2008 the Garda divisions were realigned along Regional and county boundaries. As of 2009, the Dublin Metropolitan Region is co-extensive with the combined area of the city of Dublin, and the counties of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. [[Leixlip]] was moved to the [[County Kildare]] Division and became the district headquarters for the new Leixlip District.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bauress |first1=Henry |title=New 24-hour Leixlip garda station opens |url=http://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/local/new-24-hour-leixlip-garda-station-opens-1-1932868 |work=Leinster Leader |date=14 October 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217211511/http://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/New-24hour-Leixlip-garda-station.4591367.jp#selection-756.0-756.1 |archive-date=17 February 2013}}</ref> [[Bray, County Wicklow|Bray]] moved into the new [[County Wicklow]] Division and became district headquarters for the Bray District.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bray to become Garda HQ for County Wicklow |url=http://www.braypeople.ie/news/bray-to-become-garda-hq-for-county-wicklow-1370489.html |work=Bray People |date=9 May 2008 |language=en |access-date=19 June 2014 |archive-date=2 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002092609/http://www.braypeople.ie/news/bray-to-become-garda-hq-for-county-wicklow-1370489.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Population== [[File:Radar Image of Dublin, Ireland (4441096524).jpg|thumb|Satellite view of part of the Greater Dublin area]] The population of the Dublin City and County (Dublin City, Fingal, South Dublin and Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown) and Outer Greater Dublin (Meath, Kildare and Wicklow) as of the [[2022 census of Ireland|2022 census]] was 2,082,605 persons. This equates to 40.5% of Ireland's population. Estimates published by the Central Statistics Office suggest that the population will reach 2.4 million by 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/rpp/regionalpopulationprojections2016-2031/ |title=CSO Ireland – ''Regional Population Projections 2011–2026'' |access-date=30 July 2018 |archive-date=30 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730202533/https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/rpp/regionalpopulationprojections2016-2031/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The figures are based on a regional breakdown of previously published national population projections and assume that current demographic trends will continue.
The CSO also uses the narrower definition which comprises Dublin City and its suburbs within the 3 local Dublin authorities. <ref>{{cite book |title=Census 2006 Volume 1 – Population Classified by Area: Appendices |chapter-url=http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/census_2006_Appendices.pdf |page=164 |chapter=Appendix 2: Dublin Area |chapter-format=[[PDF]] |publisher=[[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)|Central Statistics Office]] |date=26 April 2007 |access-date=15 September 2007 |quote=The description Greater Dublin Area in the 2006 Census denotes Dublin City and its suburbs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927045729/http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/census_2006_Appendices.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The boundaries for suburbs are not legally defined, but drawn and revised by the CSO in accordance with United Nations recommendations.<ref>{{cite book |title=Census 2006 Volume 1 – Population Classified by Area: Appendices |pages=Appendix 2, p.163: Towns (i) Towns with Legally Defined Boundaries |author=Central Statistics Office (Ireland) |date=26 April 2007 |quote=where urban areas have extended beyond the legally defined town boundary, the Central Statistics Office draws up new boundaries defining the suburban areas of Cities/Boroughs ... for census purposes ... in conformity with United Nations recommendations, as the continuation of a distinct population cluster outside its legally defined boundary in which no occupied dwelling is more than 200 metres distant from the nearest occupied dwelling ... The suburban boundaries were reviewed for each subsequent census. A comprehensive review was carried out as part of the processing phase of the 2006 Census. |no-pp=true}}</ref> The population distribution of the Greater Dublin Area as of the 2011, 2016 and 2022 censuses was as follows:<ref name="CSO-EP001">{{cite web |title=Population of each Province, County and City, 2016 |url=http://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?maintable=EP001&PLanguage=0 |website=CSO.ie |publisher=[[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)|Central Statistics Office]] |access-date=16 July 2016 |archive-date=31 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831234615/http://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?maintable=EP001&PLanguage=0 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cso.ie/multiquicktables/quickTables.aspx?id=cna23 |title=Population of each County and City, 2011 |website=CSO.ie |publisher=[[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)|Central Statistics Office]] |access-date=2018-03-16 |archive-date=10 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310134354/http://www.cso.ie/multiquicktables/quickTables.aspx?id=cna23 |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" |+ Population of the Greater Dublin Area<br />{{small|per the 2011,2016 and 2022 national censuses}} ! rowspan="2" | !! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" | [[Administrative division]] !! colspan="3" scope="col" | Population !! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Population increase<br />{{small|2016 to 2022}} |- ! scope="col" | 2011 !! scope="col" | 2016 !! scope="col" | 2022 |- ! scope="row" rowspan="11" {{vert header|style=font-weight:normal|va=middle|Greater Dublin Area}} ! scope="row" rowspan="6" {{vert header|style=font-weight:normal|va=middle|Dublin Region}} |- | [[Dublin|Dublin City]] || 527,612 || 553,165 || 592,713 || 35,068 |- | [[Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown]] || 206,261 || 217,274 || 233,860 || 16,183 |- | [[Fingal]] || 273,991 || 296,214 || 330,506 || 33,004 |- | [[South Dublin]] || 265,205 || 278,749 || 301,705 || 21,044 |- style="background:#ffd; border-top:3px double #a2a9b1" ! scope="row" {{rh|align=right}} class="table-rh" | County Dublin | 1,273,069 || 1,345,402 || 1,458,154 || 105,299 |- | colspan="2" | [[County Meath]] || 184,135 || 194,942 || 220,826 || 25,252 |- | colspan="2" | [[County Kildare]] || 210,312 || 222,130 || 247,774 || 24,473
|- | colspan="2" | [[County Wicklow]] || 136,640 || 142,332 || 155,851 || 13,060 |- style="background:#ffd; border-top:3px double #a2a9b1" ! colspan="2" scope="row" {{rh|align=right}} class="table-rh" | Meath, Kildare, Wicklow | 531,087 || 559,404 || 624,451 || 63,354 |- style="background:#ffb; border-top:3px solid #a2a9b1" ! colspan="2" scope="row" {{rh2|align=right}} class="rh heading table-rh" | Greater Dublin Area (max. def.) | 1,804,156 || 1,904,806 || 2,082,605 || 168,653 |}
=== Historical === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" |+ Population of the Greater Dublin Area, 1841–2022<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/database/eirestat/Census%20of%20Population/Census%20of%20Population.asp |title=Central Statistics Office – Census of Population Database |access-date=24 February 2010 |archive-date=3 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803155709/http://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/database/eirestat/Census%20of%20Population/Census%20of%20Population.asp |url-status=live }}</ref> ! scope="col" | Census year ! scope="col" | Population ! colspan="2" scope="col" | Population change<br />{{small| since previous census}} ! scope="col" | Percentage<br />{{small| of population of Ireland}} |- | 1841 | 683,232 | colspan="2" data-sort-value="-99999" | {{?}} | data-sort-value="10.5" | 10.5% |- | 1851 | 740,597 | data-sort-value="57365" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 57,365 || style="border-left-width:0" | {{small|in 10 years}} | data-sort-value="14.5" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 14.5% |- | 1861 | 698,050 | data-sort-value="-42547" style="border-right-width:0" | {{decrease}} -42,547 || style="border-left-width:0" | {{small|in 10 years}} | data-sort-value="15.9" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 15.9% |- | 1871 | 663,131 | data-sort-value="-34919" style="border-right-width:0" | {{decrease}} -34,919 || style="border-left-width:0" | {{small|in 10 years}} | data-sort-value="16.4" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 16.4% |- | 1881 | 652,569 | data-sort-value="-10562" style="border-right-width:0" | {{decrease}} -10,562 || style="border-left-width:0" | {{small|in 10 years}} | data-sort-value="16.9" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 16.9% |- | 1891 | 628,539 | data-sort-value="-24030" style="border-right-width:0" | {{decrease}} -24,030 || style="border-left-width:0" | {{small|in 10 years}} | data-sort-value="18.1" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 18.1% |- | 1901 | 640,093 | data-sort-value="11554" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 11,554 || style="border-left-width:0" | {{small|in 10 years}} | data-sort-value="19.9" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 19.9% |- | 1911 | 669,625 | data-sort-value="29532" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 29,532 || style="border-left-width:0" | {{small|in 10 years}} | data-sort-value="21.3" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 21.3% |- | 1926 | 685,242 | data-sort-value="15617" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 15,617 || style="border-left-width:0" | {{small|in 15 years}} | data-sort-value="23.1" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 23.1% |- | 1936 | 774,791 | data-sort-value="89549" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 89,549 || style="border-left-width:0" | {{small|in 10 years}} | data-sort-value="26.1" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 26.1% |- | 1946 | 827,725 | data-sort-value="52934" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 52,934 || style="border-left-width:0" | {{small|in 10 years}} | data-sort-value="28.0" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 28.0% |- | 1961 | 906,347 | data-sort-value="78622" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 78,622 || style="border-left-width:0" | {{small|in 15 years}} | data-sort-value="32.2" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 32.2% |- | 1971 | 1,062,220 | data-sort-value="155873" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 155,873 || style="border-left-width:0" | {{small|in 10 years}} | data-sort-value="35.7" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 35.7% |- | 1981 | 1,290,154 | data-sort-value="227934" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 227,934 || style="border-left-width:0" | {{small|in 10 years}} | data-sort-value="37.5" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 37.5% |- | 1986 | 1,336,119 | data-sort-value="45965" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 45,965 || style="border-left-width:0" | {{small|in 5 years}} | data-sort-value="37.8" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 37.8% |- | 1991 | 1,350,595 | data-sort-value="14476" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 14,476 || style="border-left-width:0" | {{small|in 5 years}} | data-sort-value="38.3" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 38.3% |- | 1996 | 1,405,671 | data-sort-value="55076" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 55,076 || style="border-left-width:0" | {{small|in 5 years}} | data-sort-value="38.8" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 38.8% |- | 2002 | 1,535,446 | data-sort-value="129775" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 129,775 || style="border-left-width:0" | {{small|in 6 years}} | data-sort-value="39.2" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 39.2% |- | 2006 | 1,662,536 | data-sort-value="127090" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 127,090 || style="border-left-width:0" | {{small|in 4 years}} | data-sort-value="39.2" | {{no change}} 39.2% |- | 2011 | 1,801,040 | data-sort-value="138504" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 138,504 || style="border-left-width:0" | {{small|in 5 years}} | data-sort-value="39.3" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 39.3% |- | 2016 | 1,904,806 | data-sort-value="103766" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 103,766 || style="border-left-width:0" | {{small|in 5 years}} | data-sort-value="40.0" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 40.0% |- | 2022 | 2,082,605 | data-sort-value="168653" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 177,799 || style="border-left-width:0" | {{small|in 6 years}} | data-sort-value="40.5" style="border-right-width:0" | {{increase}} 40.4% |}
== Gallery ==
<gallery> File:O'Connell Street.jpg|alt=|Upper [[O'Connell Street]] in central Dublin city File:Dún Laoghaire Harbour (42045566592).jpg|alt=|[[Dún Laoghaire]] harbour in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown File:LUAS tram no. 3013 at Tallaght, Dublin - geograph.org.uk - 2540478.jpg|alt=|Central [[Tallaght]] in South Dublin File:Swords in Dublin K67.jpg|Main Street in [[Swords, County Dublin]] File:New Shopping District Ashbourne 2006-4-30.jpg|Killegland Street in [[Ashbourne, County Meath|Ashbourne]], County Meath File:MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY LIBRARY FEBRUARY 2016.jpg|National University of Ireland at [[Maynooth]], County Kildare File:Bray Station - geograph.org.uk - 2234474.jpg|alt=|[[Bray Daly railway station]] in [[Bray, County Wicklow|Bray]], County Wicklow </gallery>
== See also == * [[Belfast metropolitan area]] * [[Derry Urban Area]] * [[List of metropolitan areas in Europe]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.emra.ie/ Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20040719074422/http://www.dra.ie/ Dublin Regional Authority] * [https://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0525/63535-cso/ Greater Dublin population to reach two million, from RTÉ News] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20050402034806/http://www.spggda.ie/ Regional Planning Guidelines for the Greater Dublin Area] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091109043921/http://beyond2020.cso.ie/censusasp/saps/boundaries/city-towns_bound.htm Cities/Towns Boundaries] CSO page with links to [[Shapefile]] data for the boundary of the CSO-defined Greater Dublin Area; readable by [[Geographic information system]]s
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